While I was pondering about evolution vs. creation the other day, a paradox came into mind. It’s called the Ship of Theseus. The paradox goes like this – One of the oldest of all thought experiments is the paradox known as the Ship of Theseus, which originated in the writings of Plutarch. It describes a ship that remained seaworthy for …
You see a funny, insightful, or cool status and press the like button. Five seconds later you forget about it. The person on the other end receives a notification: “This person likes your status.” Five seconds later that person forgets about it. In this respect the Like button is completely pointless.
That’s the newly redesigned WordPress bar (I’m not sure what it’s called.) It looks a lot prettier and gives the user more control over all of his blogs. Now you can write a new blog post on one blog, then jump to another blog and moderate comments on it. Awesome functionality! And one more cool thing: it floats on top so …
WHY do Facebook notifications have to look like this: John Doe commented on Robert Doe’s status. Robert Doe commented on his status. John Doe commented on Robert Doe’s status. Robert Doe commented on his status. Jane Doe commented on Robert Doe’s status. John Doe commented on Robert Doe’s status. John Doe commented on Robert Doe’s status. Douglas Doe commented on Robert Doe’s status.
It was a pretty jumpy month. The spikes in the graph roughly correspond to when I published a new blog post.